Invalid s drinking-cup



(No Model.)

P. J. MQDONOUGH & T.;E. SHELL Y; INVALIDS DRINKING 0UP.

No. 560,916. Patented Ma 26, 1896.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK J. MODONOUGH AND THOMAS E. SHELLY, OF BELLAIRE, OHIQ.

YINVALIDS DRINKING-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,916, dated May 26,1896.

n ii fli November 16,1895. serrate. 569,202 (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatwe, PATRICK J. MoDoN- OUGH and THOMAS E. SHELLY,citizens of the United States, residing at Bellaire, in the county ofBelmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Drinking Cups for Invalids, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to receptacles, and particularly todrinking-cups, and more particularly to a drinking-cup for invalids, andits novelty will be fully understood from the following description andclaims when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.

The object of the invention is to provide an invalids drinkingcup of newand novel construction.

. A further object of the invention is to provide a drinking-cup havingits mouth at such an angle to the body of the cup that the latter willretain one-half its capacity whilein horizontal position and is capableof being entirely emptied without having the said mouth come in contactwith the nose of the drinker.

A further object of the invention is to pro- Vide a drinking-cup havinga flaring breast and an opening or mouth in the breast at an angle tothe body of the cup and a contact lip or mouthpiece for the drinker uponthe breast.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a drinking-cuphaving an end seat a side seat a breast, an opening in the breast at anangle to the body of the cup, and a flaring fiange at such openingforming a drinking-lip.

The invention consists in the novel and pe-. culiar construction, andresides essentially, in a cup having a drinking-lip at its mouth,connected to the cup-body by a conical breast at a different angle fromthe lip.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1is a perspective View of the cup resting upon its end seat. Fig. 2 is anelevation of a cup, looking at its side seat. Fig. 3 shows a cup insection resting upon the side seat. Fig. 4 is an elevation of amodification. Fig. 5 is a further modification partly broken away.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts throughout theseveralfigures of the drawings.

The'body A of the cup is shown tumblershaped-that is, said body tapersoutwardly from the base B to where it is joined by the conical breast 0.Though the body of the cup is so shown it may be made straight. The cupmay have a flattened side I). The breast 0 being conical or cone-shapedit forms a short angle a with the cup-body A, and there is an ellipticalopening or mouth D, formed upon the side of the breast out of line withthe centralplane of the cup. This opening D reaches from the juncture cof the breast and body to the center of the cone, which is in thecentral plane of the cup-body and is formed by cutting away one side ofthe cone-breast on an angle which forms an ellipsis.

Formed integral with and at an angle to the breast 0 around the mouth Dis an out wardly-flaring flange E, the depth of which increases from thejuncture c of the breast and cup-body on one side, or from one axialpoint to the other of the ellipses to form the drinking-lip F uponapproximately the same angle or plane as the body of the cup. This lipis the only portion of the flange E which comes in contact with the faceor mouth of the drinker, and the entire contents of the cup may be takenwithout the cup-mouth interfering with the nose or any other part of theface.

Owing to the peculiar angle of the breast relative to the cup-body andthe drinking-lip it forms a rest for the cup by being placed against thechin while the lip is being guided into the drinkers mouth. This isimportant in the case of invalids or very sick people or with smallchildren in the administration of medicine, as the cup can be so heldagainst the chin in position to have the drinking-lip open the mouth ofthe drinker.

The lip and cup-body being upon approximately the same plane or anglethe cup-body does not have to be unnecessarily tilted in order tohavethe contents of the cup leave the drinking-lip, and owing to theelliptical shape of the cup-mouth and its flange the contents of the cupis concentrated upon the lip in leaving the cup.

Referring to the modification shown in Fig. 4, the body and breast isthe same as that hereinbefore described, but the mouth is circular. Theflange H is also circular and of the same depth throughout, forming thedrinking-lip h,

Referring to the modification shown in Fig. 5, the edge of the flange Iis concaved or curved from the lip L to allow the flange to conform tothe face.

We do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to anyparticularmaterial from which to make the cup, to its size or capacity, nor to thespecial formation of the flange making the drinking lip, as the same maybe changed without departing from the invention; but

What we do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A drinking-cup having a breast formed at an angle to the cup-body, aflaring mouth at an angle to the breast, and a drinking-lip upon thesameangle as the body of the cup, substantially as set forth.

2. A drinking-cup having a conical breast, the latter being cut awayfrom one side to form an elliptical opening, the flange surrounding andprojecting outwardly from said opening, said flange increasing in depthfrom one axial point to the other 01": the elliptical opening to form adrinking-lip, as set forth.

3. A drinking-cup having a contact-lip for the drinker, and a conicalbreast at a different angle from the lip and from the cup-body, andconnecting the lip with the said body, as set forth.

In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands in the presence of twowitnesses.

PATRICK J. MODONOUGH. THOMAS E. SHELLY.

\Vitnesses D. W. COOPER, FRED WAssMAN, Jr.

